ROUÉ Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

roué

noun

Definition of roué

as in libertine

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Recent Examples of roué Why not the antics of sly Elizabethan housewives playing tricks on a fatuous drunken roue? — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2020 In the film, Jennifer Jones played the heroine, in her maid’s cap and apron, and French actor Charles Boyer was Adam Belinski, the refugee Czech intellectual roue, on the Hollywood assumption that one European accent is as good as another. — New York Times, 12 Apr. 2018

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Noun

The protagonist of A Love Story is a lover boy, a libertine, a gossip, a flirt.

— The Atlantic, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2025
The libertines will begin the film in suits.

— David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025

Definition of libertine

Noun

Iglesias’s rico suave, international-playboy crooning style found its perfect counterpart in Parton’s fiery vocals.

— Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026
Batman used to be rich, the alter ego of Bruce Wayne, a wealthy playboy, philanthropist, and industrialist in Gotham City.

— Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 28 June 2026

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And now, with a myriad of buzzy new restaurants helmed by some of France’s top chefs and curious creatives from around the world eager to experiment with the territory’s rich ingredients, Biarritz is becoming an epicure’s paradise in its own right.

— Monica Mendal, Vogue, 24 Apr. 2026
The epicure who dreamed up this last part was, allegedly, a priest.

— Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026

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